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Phoebe began to build a nest. Mon., May 9th [I tried to fix a mistake], there was one cold egg in the nest. I took it out, as it seemed strange. Turns out it was a cowbird egg, with a phoebe egg underneath. Phoebe eggs are cream-coloured.
The phoebe fooled the cowbird. It is dead and cold. She must have scared them off.
Here is the good news: they are setting up a new nest. It is just out the back door, where I installed a shelf for this purpose.
They abandoned nest #1. This is Phoebe nest 2.0 and I cannot do any work out the back door!
Phoebe nest 2.0 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
9 comments:
Good for you for rescuing the nest and giving it shelter ~ lovely photos ~
Happy Weekend to you ~ ^_^
interesting about these cowbirds!
Hi Y'all!
It makes one feel sorry for the mother bird who raises the demanding cowbird chick. Often I see tiny sparrows trying to feed the huge cowbird chick. It makes one wonder how they can survive the stress of raising such a demanding bird.
Y'all come on by,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Hello, I love the sweet Phoebe. Those darn cowbirds are awful. Thanks for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!
The phoebe is a beautiful bird. Regarding your comment, yes, there is a plaque close by the sculpture with the specific details. I tend to photograph those to jog my memory when it comes time to write the post.
This is so interesting! Doesn't the cuckoo do the same thing?
What a great excuse!!! Lovely photos and a great shelf for their nest.
I have seen some cowbirds in the yard and have wondered if they are laying eggs in the house finches nests because it appears last spring...that the mother finch was feeding a cowbird. We have phoebes at the lake but not in our yard.
oooooh goodness, you are a much better momma than i!!! fingers crossed for success with nest number 2!!!
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